Our First Event

Praise the Lord! God answers prayers. You may consider this akin to the joke about the luck of the Irish in which the Irish man steps in a pile of poo and considers himself extremely lucky that he wasn't wearing his Sunday shoes. More on this in a bit...



First of all, a gigantic thanks to Monica Clapp, my eyes, ears, hands, feet and the rest of me in Washington, D.C. She is a dear friend of mine who was stationed with us in Gulfport, MS the last time we were here. She did everything we asked her to do for the event and then 10x more of her own ideas. She has since e-mailed me with a list of things to consider for future events and has encouraged me to continue with future events. With that said...





We sold one blanket. But when I look back at the specific things that I prayed for (a wonderful event for the women at the conference, continued peace, and the perfect number of sales that I would not be overwhelmed) and positive feedback regarding our products, he answered all of them. Apparently the event itself was wonderful and God showed up to meet the women in incredible ways. Praise God. I began to feel a little overwhelmed as the event got closer about where I was going to have fleece sent as I don't want to tote it across the United States. I also wondered where and when I was going to begin making these blankets as it will be a while before I'm settled. I am somewhat relieved not to have a pile of orders waiting for me. However, Monica indicated that the response was overwhelmingly positive and a number of factors created a low volume of sales not only for me but for every other vendor at the event.



I feel good about what we've learned from this experience and I feel very optimistic about future events. I am definitely feeling very peaceful about where we are and where we are headed. I believe God will open doors and make connections at the perfect times. In fact, he has already begun to make connections and build relationships.



For my readers who pray, please be praying that God would bless these new relationships. I'm ecstatic about some of these women being brought into my life. This is our ultimate hope: to bless God through relationships with people we come into contact with even more so than through our products.

Our next event is coming up this weekend July 12th and 13th. I'll let you know how it goes. In the meantime, I will be posting some pictures of dresses that I will also be selling at this event. Hannah was gracious enough to model them for me.